2011 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA #ilparadisodimanfredi a church which Rita &

a church which Rita & Rudi describe as the former “spiritual center of the region

from an ancient indigenous variety of Chardonnay) and its Savagnin La Pierre (a true treat of a wine

the wines will labeled as simply "Francia

An ephemeral cuvée

The wine Onishes dry

2011 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA #ilparadisodimanfredi a church which Rita &The Red Hen Merlot Vineyard, along Dry Creek, at the very top of the creeks alluvial fan, is a warm site withvery light and thin soils, composed of a foot of silty loam sitting on top of at least 20 feet of pure cobble. The vines are naturally small berried and early ripening. The stress results in extremely low yields, barely making over a ton per acre of intense and concentrated fruit. In the 1950s through the 1970s, this block produced the top